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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2019 Building Communities of Recovery (Short Title: BCOR). The purpose of this program is to mobilize...

Interested Stakeholders: Please see the information at the link below on Town Hall regarding the Department of Health Professions’ Board of Counseling action to move the Peer Recovery Specialist Regulation to the proposed stage as part of the permanent adoption...

DMAS Peer regulations are being updated and will be open for public comment Jan 7-Feb 6, 2019. You can follow the link to read the regulations. Changes of note are as follows: 12VAC30-50-226 B 7 l, regarding supervision and 12VAC30-130-5190 F, regarding caseload...

From Virginia Health Care Foundation website. https://www.vhcf.org/who-and-how-we…/child-health/signupnow/ SignUpNow is a resource for community-based organizations dedicated to helping individuals and families enroll in and benefit from Virginia’s Medicaid/FAMIS...

Friends 4 RecoveryHope Fiendz Songs of RecoveryThis album is a collection of country, rock, and folk songs that were created to help inspire others and to help bring awareness to the opioid epidemic.For more information, please...

In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is releasing a new report: Advances in Employment Policy for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness. Despite the desire of most people with...

FYI- Public notice announcement for upcoming public hearing that will be held on the Peer Recovery Specialist Regulations (12VAC35-250) Public Notice: A public hearing will be held on the Peer Recovery Specialist Regulations, 12VAC35-250 on November 19,,...

UPDATE on Peer Recovery Support Warmlines for person's struggling with Opioid Use Disorders. Please note that the peer recovery support warmline operating in Southwest Virginia is closed effective October 1, 2018. All future calls to the warmline number...